Limits of Insider Probes Expand

By

Jean Eaglesham

April 14, 2013 8:36 p.m. ET

The parking-lot photograph of a KPMG LLP partner allegedly accepting an envelope stuffed with cash doesn't just show one of the U.S. government's most powerful pieces of evidence in a big insider-trading case.

Some legal experts say the photo of auditor Scott London with golfing buddy Bryan Shaw also is a sign of how far prosecutors and regulators will go in their tactics to crack down on illicit stock tips.